Fountain County, Indiana THE INDIANA PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER GIS in Prevention County Profiles Series, No. 3 Fountain County, Indiana Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is funded, in part, by a contract with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, financially supported through HHS/Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The IPRC is operated by the Department of Applied Health Science and The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

GIS in Prevention County Profile Series, No. 3 Fountain County, Indiana Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP Project Staff: Ritika Bhawal, MPH Solomon Briggs Kyoungsun Heo, MPA Srinivasa Konchada Indiana Prevention Resource Center Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Trustees of Indiana University or the Division of Mental Health and Addiction. Indiana University accepts full Responsibility for the content of this publication. ©2005 The Trustees of Indiana University. Permission is extended to reproduce this County Profile for non-profit educational purposes. All other rights reserved.

3. Geographic and Historical Notes Fountain County is located in West Central Indiana. It is bordered by Warren County to the north/northwest, Tippecanoe to the east/northeast, Montgomery to the east, Parke to the south, and Vermillion to the southwest. Interstate Highway 74 and U.S. Highways 41 and 136 cross the county. Elevation is 600-750 feet. The landscape features oak and hickory trees. A variety of land surfaces are found. Along rivers and creeks the land is slightly sloping to steeply sloping, and elsewhere it is nearly level. The county pertains to the Indiana and Ohio Till Plain land resource area. Fountain county is in the Eastern Time Zone and observes DST. Average daily temperatures are 14٥/33٥ in January and 61٥/86٥ in July. Annual precipitation is about 38 and snowfall 15-25 inches. Typically the first freeze of the season occurs October 10-15. The last freeze varies from around April 25-30 in the west and May 1-5 in the east. The growing season lasts about 158-173 days. Agriculture activity is mainly in grain and soybeans. About nine-tenths of the land is farmland and about four-fifths of that is in commercial crops. Additional crops are hay and winter wheat. Livestock includes hens/pullets, cattle/calves, and hogs/pigs. Main natural resources include construction sand, gravel and forestland. Water resources include Clingan Mill, Downs, and Hemlock Lakes and the Wabash River. Communities include the cities of Covington (the county seat) and Attica. Towns include Hillsboro, Kingman, Mellott, Newtown, Veedersburg and Wallace. Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Geographic Notes from Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.

Fountain County The maps and tables in this publication were prepared using PCensus 7.06 for MapInfo and MapInfo Professional 7.0.

3. Location and Historical Notes Fountain County is not a tobacco-producing county, according to the Strategic Development Group’s “Alternative Agricultural Strategy” (Bloomington, March 15, 2001) report, which is part of Governor Joseph E. Kernan’s “Recipient Final Reports for Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture Grant Programs” (http://www.in.gov/oca/grants/valueadd/VAFinalReports.html):

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Fountain County Block Groups